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(No Model'.)

C. W. DAVISON.

RAIL JOINT.

No. 581,341. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT Prion.

CHARLES WRIGHT DAVISON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO FREEMANP. LANE, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N 0. 581,341, dated April27, 1897.

Application tiled August 21, 1896. Serial No. 603,509. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES WRIGHT DA- VIsON, of the city ofMinneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railported and secures the samefirmly to the rails, and also holds the rails from lateral movement andprevents them from leaving the bed-plate at any joint.

The invention consists generally in the constructions and combinationshereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a plan View of a rail-joint embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside View of the same. Fig. 3 is a view looking at the opposite side.Figs. 4 and 5 are sections. Fig. 6 is a detail.

In the drawings, 2 2 represent the meeting ends of the rails, which areof the usual construction.

3 represents a tie which is arranged directly beneath the meeting endsof the rails.

5 is an angle-plate comprising an integral bed-plate and angle-bar thatpasses beneath the rails and extends up over one flange thereof and upby the side of the web of the rail, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Thisplate is smooth on its undersurface and rests centrally beneath themeeting ends of the rails and over the tie 3. Upon the opposite side ofthe rails is placed an ordinaryiish-plate 7. The bolts 9, having nuts11,are passed through the rails and through the angle-plate 5 andsh-plate 7 at points substantially over the tie At the outer ends of theangle-plate 5 I arrange bolts 13. These bolts have their ends connectedto the edges of the angle-plate 5 either by having their heads 15 engageslots 17 in the edge of said angle-plate, as shownV in Figs. 1 and 4, orby having their bolts provided with heads 15 in the form of hooks thathook under said plate, as shown in Fig. 5. In both instances the boltspass through the fish-plate 7, the web of the rail, and the angle-plate5 and are provided upon their ends with nuts 19. y

It will be seen that by means of the bolts 13 supports are formed atpoints distant from the tie for the ends of the angle-plate 5, and thatsaid plate is secured firmly to the rails and the rails are held fromlateral motion or from rising from the plate. The lower part of the boltabove the bed-plate comes in contact with the flange of the rail, andthe rail is held between the bolt on one side and theangle of the plate5 on the other. The downward pressure upon the bolt 13 will also createa sufficient pressure upon one side of the nut 19 to effectually locksaid nut in position. The opposite side of the plate, it will be seen,is supported by the part of the plate that eX- tends above the flange ofthe rails. Hence in my device both ends of the plate are supported, andthe joint is rendered very rigid and firm.

I may secure the angle-plate in position by means of a spike 21, whichpasses through said plate and into the tie and engages the iiange of therail, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon the opposite side of the angle-plate Imay arrange one or more spikes 23. These may be placed close against theangle of the plate, or said plate may be slotted and the spikes placedin such slots, as shown in Fig. 6. In the latter case these spikes andthe spikes 21 prevent any longitudinal movement of the plate uponthe tie3.

I do not conne myself to any particular form of the bolt 13, as any boltthat-will engage and support the angle-plate 5 and will pass through thefish-plate 7, the web of the rail, and an gle-plate may be used for thispurpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with the meeting ends of the rails,of the bed-plate whereon the rails rest, said bed-plate having anintegral anglebarengaging the side of the rail, and bolts fastened insaid an gle-bar and passing through the rails to the opposite sidethereof, and thence bent downwardly and engaged with the rail-flange andthe bed-plate, whereby lateral i movement of the rail or rails isprevented,

substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a rail-joint, of the bed-plate, forming a supportfor the rails, and having an integral anglebar adapted to engage theside of the rails and bolts fastened in said angle-bars and extendingthence across the top of said bed-plate and thence downwardly with theheads of the bolts in engagement with the bottom of the bed-plate,substantially as described.

3. In a rail-j oint, the combination, with the bed-plate having theintegral angle-bar and also having notches or holes in the edge oppositesaid angle-bar, and the right-angled bolts arranged in said notches orholes and having their opposite ends secured in said or against thebed-plate, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the meeting ends of the rails, of the bed-platewhereon the rails rest, said bed-plate having an integral anglebarengaging the sides of the rails and also having notches or holes in itsedge opposite said angle bar, and bolts passing through the saidangle-bar and the rails and engaging said angle-bar, the edge of therail-flange and the bottom of the bed-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ofAugust, A. D. 1896.

CHARLES WRIGHT DAVISON.

In presence of- RICHARD PAUL, M. E. GooLnY.

